Well I started off my Friday with one of my favorite treats. I say TREAT because it was starbucks-- it's probably not good for me at all, and also probably a big waste of $$, so I am trying to only have it ONCE a week. Here I am, enjoying my tall, iced, 1/2 sugar free vanilla, 1/2 sugar free caramel, soy latte! (I know, can you say complicated?!? I never intended to be a coffee snob, i swear. But when you live in the Seattle area, it just becomes a part of you...)
Friday night was girl's night at my friend Colleen's house. She made chocolate chip cookies and we watched All About Steve. NSV- I ate ONE cookie, although the things were freaking DELICIOUS. Luckily I had prepped myself before I left with a nice, healthy dinner!
On Saturday morning I decided to try another recipe from HG's 200 under 200 cookbook. I tried the "chocolate chip mini pancakes."
Here is my PRE creation:
And the final product:
Ok. Notice anything? This is the ENTIRE batters worth of pancakes. You are supposedly supposed to get "four mini pancakes" out of this recipe. The TWO you are looking at are probably the size of the top of a glass--pretty small if you ask me. (they are on an appetizer plate above)
My opinion? Eh. First of all, this would not really fill me up. There's oatmeal in it, which kind of makes it kind of dry tasting. It did however fulfill a chocolate craving. But I'm not sure I'll be making this again.
While I was making the pancakes, Kellen had a little to much fun with my camera. I had literally just rolled out of bed and done NOTHING to look decent...thanks, hun!
Check out the flour on my shirt, I am a MESSY cook! haha
After BFAST, my friend Olivia and I headed to the Healthy Living Expo in our local town. I was SUPER excited cause I thought I might get to talk to some local dietitians and possibly do some "networking." Well, unfortunately we didn't see any dietitians there...but we did get a chance to check out some other cool stuff! We even got a free pass to check out a "Power Pump" class at the local gym.
Olivia and I then headed out on a walk/hike nearby. Gotta love the pacific northwest since there are tons of beautiful forest paths/places to hike around here. It was a great workout, but I had forgot my camera :(
That night we made Spaghetti Carbonara at their house. Healthy? I think not. Did I have workings in my mind of how to MAKE it lower calories? Of course! (You know I did, Olivia!)
The original recipe called for:
-spaghetti
-1/2 cup half and half
-3 eggs
-1/4 cup Parmesan cheese
-8 slices of bacon
It was delicous, but at 681 cals a pop, this dish is going to HAVE to be renovated to make it as one my regular recipes!
and here is what my mind is thinking:
-whole wheat spaghetti
-egg whites
-low fat Parmesan cheese (does this exist?)
-fat free half and half
-Turkey bacon and/or replacing the bacon with chicken
I'm excited to try this out maybe this week sometime. We also had a super yummy raspberry spinach salad with it.
We wrapped up the night with some homemade caramel popcorn. Now, I am not even going to TRY to think about how many calories this was (honestly, probably an entire days worth). But after three months of eating healthy, this was definitely a treat that I used a "get out of jail free" card on. It was SOOOOO good!
It's Sunday. Our day of rest. I've been listening to Oprah's "Better Life" webcast series and doing the dishes...all day. Is it weird to say cleaning is becoming therapeutic? Yikes...who am i?!
On Saturday morning I decided to try another recipe from HG's 200 under 200 cookbook. I tried the "chocolate chip mini pancakes."
Here is my PRE creation:
And the final product:
Ok. Notice anything? This is the ENTIRE batters worth of pancakes. You are supposedly supposed to get "four mini pancakes" out of this recipe. The TWO you are looking at are probably the size of the top of a glass--pretty small if you ask me. (they are on an appetizer plate above)My opinion? Eh. First of all, this would not really fill me up. There's oatmeal in it, which kind of makes it kind of dry tasting. It did however fulfill a chocolate craving. But I'm not sure I'll be making this again.
While I was making the pancakes, Kellen had a little to much fun with my camera. I had literally just rolled out of bed and done NOTHING to look decent...thanks, hun!
Check out the flour on my shirt, I am a MESSY cook! hahaAfter BFAST, my friend Olivia and I headed to the Healthy Living Expo in our local town. I was SUPER excited cause I thought I might get to talk to some local dietitians and possibly do some "networking." Well, unfortunately we didn't see any dietitians there...but we did get a chance to check out some other cool stuff! We even got a free pass to check out a "Power Pump" class at the local gym.
Olivia and I then headed out on a walk/hike nearby. Gotta love the pacific northwest since there are tons of beautiful forest paths/places to hike around here. It was a great workout, but I had forgot my camera :(
That night we made Spaghetti Carbonara at their house. Healthy? I think not. Did I have workings in my mind of how to MAKE it lower calories? Of course! (You know I did, Olivia!)
The original recipe called for:-spaghetti
-1/2 cup half and half
-3 eggs
-1/4 cup Parmesan cheese
-8 slices of bacon
It was delicous, but at 681 cals a pop, this dish is going to HAVE to be renovated to make it as one my regular recipes!
and here is what my mind is thinking:
-whole wheat spaghetti
-egg whites
-low fat Parmesan cheese (does this exist?)
-fat free half and half
-Turkey bacon and/or replacing the bacon with chicken
I'm excited to try this out maybe this week sometime. We also had a super yummy raspberry spinach salad with it.
We wrapped up the night with some homemade caramel popcorn. Now, I am not even going to TRY to think about how many calories this was (honestly, probably an entire days worth). But after three months of eating healthy, this was definitely a treat that I used a "get out of jail free" card on. It was SOOOOO good!
It's Sunday. Our day of rest. I've been listening to Oprah's "Better Life" webcast series and doing the dishes...all day. Is it weird to say cleaning is becoming therapeutic? Yikes...who am i?!
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